Icecat Category Mapper for WooCommerce
Automatically map Icecat product categories to your own WooCommerce categories on product import (EANrunner, WP All Import, CSV, REST). Fully configurable from the WordPress admin.
by Byens IT · github.com/byensitmagnus/icecat-category-mapper · website
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Install
The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:
wp plugin install https://github.com/byensitmagnus/icecat-category-mapper/releases/download/v1.2.0/icecat-category-mapper-v1.2.0.zipFrom the readme
Icecat Category Mapper for WooCommerce
Automatically maps Icecat product categories to your own WooCommerce categories. Fully configurable from the admin — works on any WordPress + WooCommerce shop.
If you import products through Icecat-based integrations (e.g. EANrunner, Store Manager, WP All Import), products come in with Icecat's English category names like "Keyboards", "Notebooks" and "Gaming Mice" that do not match your shop's category structure. This plugin converts them to your own WooCommerce categories automatically the moment a product is saved.
Features
- Plug and play — catches all product imports via the setobjectterms hook, regardless of which import plugin is used
- Fully configurable — you map Icecat categories to your own WooCommerce categories in the admin UI (WooCommerce → Icecat Mapper)
- Reference library — ships with 50+ popular Icecat categories pre-seeded (IDs + bilingual names)
- Icecat API integration — fetch the full category list (~5,000+ categories) from Open Icecat for free
- 3-tier matching — Icecat ID in post meta → exact name → whole-word fuzzy match (only when every matching mapping agrees on the target; never a guess)
- Title rules — slug | re
Read the full README on GitHub →